Civet cats enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.

Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and ...

The firm says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future ...

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved.

Researchers unpick the neural mechanisms of how hunger and hormones lead to aggressive behaviours in mice — plus, what gen-AI ...

RNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.

A stable ‘frequency comb’ of photons with discrete colours has been generated on a microscale chip by removing copper contaminants from the circuit. The development of PICs was enabled by advances in ...

Communication between epithelial and mesenchymal cells in pancreatic cancer leads to a poor prognosis. The molecular basis ...

Earlier this year, many university departments slashed their incoming PhD classes in a last-minute scramble as the Trump ...

When students entered Tsinghua University in Beijing this year, one of the first representatives they met wasn’t a person.

Advanced tools and techniques are giving researchers a detailed look at the body’s defence system. From spotting single cells in action to improving or replacing animal models, the methods described ...